Quantum computers have the potential to be the next big leap forward for humankind. However, there has long been speculation that quantum computers could become so powerful that they could break through Bitcoin’s cryptography — and the cryptography of all other cryptocurrencies and blockchains for that matter. If this happens, hackers with quantum computers could… Read more

Imagine this: you are walking down the streets of New York City at night. You stop at Times Square and look up. Through your augmented reality glasses, overlaying the bright lights and bustle of the physical scene, you see a virtual landscape filled with graphical icons, avatars, and digital critters floating and flitting about. Autonomous… Read more

Momentum builds for mobile investment app Abra after a recent announcement to roll out worldwide investment access. People in 155 countries around the world will be able to invest in stocks, ETFs, commodities, cryptocurrencies, and fiat currencies from a single application on their smartphone. The effort seeks to bring easy access to financial markets to… Read more

On July 19, 2016, an anonymous blockchain developer working under the pseudonym Tom Elvis Jedusor posted the Mimblewimble white paper. Tom Elvis Jedusor is the original name of Voldemort from Harry Potter, and Mimblewimble is the tongue-tying curse from Harry Potter. In the white paper, he said, “I call my creation Mimblewimble because it is… Read more

Industry heavyweight Nasdaq has joined Citi and Mike Novogratz led Galaxy Digital in funding a $20 million Series-B round for blockchain startup Symbiont. This investment comes despite rumors that Wall Street’s interest in blockchain technology startups has cooled. Symbiont had previously raised $15 million during its seed round 2014 and Series-A in 2017. “We are… Read more

Since the creation of Bitcoin (BTC) in 2009, there have been no severe geomagnetic storms. However, Bitcoin (BTC) users are highly dependent on internet and electricity, and it is inevitable that one day, a severe geomagnetic storm will disrupt Bitcoin (BTC) users across the globe. A geomagnetic storm starts at the surface of the sun,… Read more

The Ethereum (ETH) developers canceled the deployment of the Constantinople hard fork. They urged everyone who had upgraded to upgrade again and remove Constantinople due to a critical security bug discovered in EIP-1283. Essentially, the reduction of transaction fees in EIP-1283 opened the door for reentrancy attacks where hackers could steal all of the Ethereum… Read more

With less than 8,000 blocks to go until the scheduled deployment of the Ethereum (ETH) Constantinople hard fork, the dev team has delayed the fork until further notice due to the discovery of a critical security bug in the fork’s code. The various Ethereum clients, such as Parity, Go, and Geth are rushing to release… Read more

The Ethereum (ETH) Constantinople hard fork will deploy a mere 15,000 blocks from now at block 7.08 million, which will happen in less than three days. Since this is a hard fork, even in the best case scenario there would be two different Ethereum (ETH) blockchains for a short period of time. This could cause… Read more

Bitcoin’s hashrate had been rising exponentially from 2009 through mid-2018, increasing through the megahash (M/H), gigahash (G/H), terrahash (T/H), petahash (P/H), and exahash (E/H) ranges. The hashrate first exceeded 60 EH/s in August 2018, and then the exponential increase gave way to stabilization. In September and October 2018, the hashrate remained stable, averaging above 50… Read more